Terry Brian Moore is 6ft 7ins tall and was shown on CCTV striking his victim, 21, twice over the head with a bottle in an unprovoked attack

A drunken man weighing around 23 stone launched an unprovoked attack in a pub — hitting his victim twice on the head with a bottle and then kicking him while he was on the floor.

Terry Brian Moore, 41, who is 6ft 7ins tall, was jailed for three years after he admitted a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm at an earlier hearing.

It follows an incident on the small dance floor at The Dolphin pub in the early hours of May 25 this year.

Moore, of Bryn Garmon in Mold, was told he would have been jailed for longer, but for a statement from the victim, 21-year-old Jason Bailey, who said he did not want to see him jailed.

Sentencing Moore, the judge said that it had to be custody.

Prosecuting barrister Matthew Dunford said the victim was on the dance floor when the incident happened.

He was dancing with a young woman who was a friend of the family when the defendant, a stranger to him, approached.

The prosecutor said that it was an “entirely unprovoked attack”.

The DJ saw Moore pick up a lager bottle and strike him to the head more than once.

Mr Dunford said that the victim fell against the wall and started bleeding from a head wound.

An off-duty fire officer was on the premises and he was able to provide first aid.

CCTV footage showed Moore pick up the bottle and use it to strike the victim to the head twice with force.

When Mr Bailey went to the ground the defendant kicked him once.

Police arrived and arrested Moore outside.

He told them: “I had a scrap with a lad. I went too far. It was over a woman.”

Interviewed, he said that he had been drinking all afternoon and it was not unusual for him to drink 20 pints.

Moore said that he was “gutted” at his own behaviour and had been “an idiot” for behaving that way.

Owen Edwards, defending, said: “He has expressed heartfelt guilt and remorse for his behaviour, which he knows is inexcusable.”

Following the hearing, Detective Sergeant Simon Kneale welcomed the sentence.

“This was a totally unprovoked attack on a young man who was having a night out in Mold town centre with his friends," he said.

"The assault was aggravated by the fact that the offender chose to use a bottle as a weapon and the victim was very fortunate not to have received more severe injuries.

"I would like to reassure the public that acts of violence such as this will not be tolerated and we will do everything we can to pursue those who commit violence offences in our communities.

"The prompt and effective response to this incident, where the offender was arrested at the scene, prevented further harm and injury being caused to others and resulted in a swift resolution to the matter.”

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